Who knew that creatures traditionally used by people as natural bath sponges could be the longest-living animals known? One step further from a colony of unicellular animals, an individual sponge is a multicellular and largely immobile animal. These fascinating organisms adopted all sorts of interesting strategies in the fight for survival and they seem to…… Continue reading Why Sponges Are Potentially Immortal
Author: Anca Ioviţă
The Older You Are, The Healthier You’ve Been
Supercentenarians are a rare breed. They thrived where others periled. They overcame disasters. And yet they largely kept a smile on their face. They learnt to accept the good and the bad that life throws at them. I spent this year and the last year researching major patterns on how other species age. But at…… Continue reading The Older You Are, The Healthier You’ve Been
Optimize Your Nutrition with Vegetable Spaghetti
I have a (not so) secret habit of setting up a monthly budget of $10 to try up something new in terms of food: a vegetable I never tried, an exotic fruit, a different type of fish, you name it. Well this month I decided to try a new tool I kept seeing on Pinterest:…… Continue reading Optimize Your Nutrition with Vegetable Spaghetti
Rings of Growth
This week I did the unthinkable: I got married. A very short and spontaneous trip to the seaside followed. So here I was on the shore of the Black Sea on a casual Friday with plenty of research material for the book on comparative gerontology. Yes, I always have good intentions when going on holiday.…… Continue reading Rings of Growth